Revamping PTG categories (was RE: Caut in KC)

[Vanderhoofven]

Dear Jeff and List,

Great idea Jeff!  

I would welcome the chance to get a certificate for knowledge and skill
above the RPT level.  For a long time I was looking forward to becoming an
RPT.  Now that I am an RPT, there are many things not covered in the RPT
exams that I find I really need to learn.  The RPT level is important to
me, showing that I can pass a test, and that hopefully I won't make a fool
of myself working on a customer's piano.  But I would like the opportunity
to attain a level of skill beyond the RPT level.  Revamping the PTG
categories and adding categories above the RPT level might be something to
discuss at the CAUT meeting.

Sincerely,
David A. Vanderhoofven
MSSC - Joplin, MO

At 02:38 PM 11/25/98 , you wrote:
>At a recent discussion of the Atlanta chapter (prior to
>convention), we were discussing the issue of revamping the categories of
>PTG members.  Most seemed to agree that adding categories BELOW RPT was
>going in the wrong direction.  It was mentioned that in Germany there are
>designations for the finest of the craft, and that RPT would fit somewhere
>near the bottom.  (Not my quote, don't remember who's it was, either).  I
>think we Americans are getting too complacent with mediocrity, and too
>apathetic to improve.
>
>Jeff
>
>Jeff Tanner, Piano Technician